Nascent Witch

Author : Melissa Bobe
Publisher : The Hive Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nascent Witch written by Melissa Bobe and published by The Hive Press. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sela Glaser is hurrying to one of her many temp jobs when she nearly runs over a talking cat named Sable. He reveals that Sela is a soon-to-be witch and he’s going to be her familiar. For a twenty-seven-year-old failed artist with heaps of student debt and no career prospects, this is pretty ground-breaking news. As Sable prepares Sela for her Nascent Eve, a witch’s ritual initiation, she finds herself dreaming of witches she’s never met before. Then, Sela meets what very well might be the man of her dreams, or at least the one to save her from an endless purgatory of dating apps…if only she didn’t have to hide her witchy destiny from him. But when Sela’s Nascent Eve goes awry, she and Sable learn that unseen magic from her past is starting to wreak havoc on her already chaotic present, putting that witchy destiny of hers in jeopardy. Sela has to figure out how to control her powers before things get worse, but a visit home reveals that fixing the past might be much more complicated than Sela or Sable realize. And when the witches from Sela’s dreams begin to appear in real life, questions arise about exactly what kind of witch this frazzled millennial really is. All of this would be a hell of a lot easier to deal with if Sela didn’t have a magical stalker interrupting all of her most romantic dates, and if her familiar’s ice cream addiction wasn’t driving her further into debt. But what’s a witch to do?

Author : Ross E. Cheit
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190226331
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Witch-Hunt Narrative written by Ross E. Cheit and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1980s, a series of child sex abuse cases rocked the United States. The most famous case was the 1984 McMartin preschool case, but there were a number of others as well. By the latter part of the decade, the assumption was widespread that child sex abuse had become a serious problem in America. Yet within a few years, the concern about it died down considerably. The failure to convict anyone in the McMartin case and a widely publicized appellate decision in New Jersey that freed an accused molester had turned the dominant narrative on its head. In the early 1990s, a new narrative with remarkable staying power emerged: the child sex abuse cases were symptomatic of a 'moral panic' that had produced a witch hunt. A central claim in this new witch hunt narrative was that the children who testified were not reliable and easily swayed by prosecutorial suggestion. In time, the notion that child sex abuse was a product of sensationalized over-reporting and far less endemic than originally thought became the new common sense. But did the new witch hunt narrative accurately represent reality? As Ross Cheit demonstrates in his exhaustive account of child sex abuse cases in the past two and a half decades, purveyors of the witch hunt narrative never did the hard work of examining court records in the many cases that reached the courts throughout the nation. Instead, they treated a couple of cases as representative and concluded that the issue was blown far out of proportion. Drawing on years of research into cases in a number of states, Cheit shows that the issue had not been blown out of proportion at all. In fact, child sex abuse convictions were regular occurrences, and the crime occurred far more frequently than conventional wisdom would have us believe. Cheit's aim is not to simply prove the narrative wrong, however. He also shows how a narrative based on empirically thin evidence became a theory with real social force, and how that theory stood at odds with a far more grim reality. The belief that the charge of child sex abuse was typically a hoax also left us unprepared to deal with the far greater scandal of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church, which, incidentally, has served to substantiate Cheit's thesis about the pervasiveness of the problem. In sum, The Witch-Hunt Narrative is a magisterial and empirically powerful account of the social dynamics that led to the denial of widespread human tragedy.

Author : Melissa Bobe
Publisher : The Hive Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Season of the Witch written by Melissa Bobe and published by The Hive Press. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her mischief of rats Her murder of crows She will leave bodies wherever she goes… When a strange moon rises above the sister towns of Mire and Ember Hollow, Endicott Thyne is not the only witch to notice. She and her best friend Gabriela head to the woods where they encounter two other witches, Xandra and Maritza. Together, the four discover that this moon signals the Season of the Witch, a time of great magical potential that occurs every three decades. This particular Season has resurrected a dangerous figure who has not been seen in the sister towns in sixty years, and whose presence threatens the very existence of Mire and Ember Hollow. In order to uncover the identity of this stranger, they must find the hidden witch library of Mire, an archive maintained by Endicott’s grandmother Dorothea Thyne until her death. But Dorothea never so much as mentioned the archive to Endicott, who is still mourning this enigmatic librarian who raised her. With a chaotic storm raging above and their magical powers suddenly bound, Endicott, Gabriela, Xandra, and Maritza will have to act fast if they are going to protect the sister towns. But they’re learning that hidden pasts can be perilous, out-of-control magic can be deadly, and the Season waits for no witch.

Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720317
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft in the Middle Ages written by Jeffrey Burton Russell and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent secondary interpretations, Jeffrey Burton Russell first establishes the facts and then explains the phenomenon of witchcraft in terms of its social and religious environment, particularly in relation to medieval heresies. Russell treats European witchcraft as a product of Christianity, grounded in heresy more than in the magic and sorcery that have existed in other societies. Skillfully blending narration with analysis, he shows how social and religious changes nourished the spread of witchcraft until large portions of medieval Europe were in its grip, "from the most illiterate peasant to the most skilled philosopher or scientist." A significant chapter in the history of ideas and their repression is illuminated by this book. Our enduring fascination with the occult gives the author's affirmation that witchcraft arises at times and in areas afflicted with social tensions a special quality of immediacy.

Author : Misty Evans
Publisher : Beach Path Publishing, LLC.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Moon Lilith (Step 4 in the Witches Anonymous paranormal romance series) written by Misty Evans and published by Beach Path Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2021-09-29 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slipping off the magic-free bandwagon has landed me on probation from Witches Anonymous. My love life is on probation, as well, and my sexy, irresistible ex, Lucifer, is tempting me to come back to him. Struggling to stick to my magic-free oath, I’ve committed to Step 4 of Witches Anonymous—examining my moral character. Just my luck, Lilith, the Queen of Hell, wants Lucifer back and now I’ve got three assassins after me—one who plays with poison, another who loves a good fire, and the third who plans to take me to the pit. The only way around this is to team up with Lucifer and kick Lilith off her throne. Ah well, I’ve always wanted to be queen.

Author : Willem de Blécourt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137526343
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Werewolf Histories written by Willem de Blécourt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to address European werewolf history and folklore from antiquity to the twentieth century. It covers the most important werewolf territories, ranging from Scandinavia to Germany, France and Italy, and from Croatia to Estonia.

Author : Jacquelyn Frank
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1420134442
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hunter written by Jacquelyn Frank and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tatyana's car breaks down on a lonely mountain road, a chance meeting with Hunter thrusts her into a dangerous world of magic, sorcery ... and passion. Original.

Author : Erin B. Waggoner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456914
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexual Rhetoric in the Works of Joss Whedon written by Erin B. Waggoner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buffy the Vampire Slayer has remained an enduring feature of late 1990s pop culture, spawning television spin-offs, rabid fans, and significant scholarly inquiry. Though there have been numerous books devoted to the work of Joss Whedon, this collection of fifteen essays is the first to focus specifically on the sexual rhetoric found in his oeuvre, which includes Angel, Firefly/Serenity, Dollhouse, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, as well as Buffy. Topics covered include the role of virginity, lesbianism and homoeroticism in the shows and the comics, the nature of masculinity and femininity and gender stereotypes, an exploration of sexual binaries, and a ranking of the Buffy characters on the Kinsey scale of sexuality. Together these essays constitute a much-needed addition to the expanding body of Whedon gender scholarship.

Author : Misty Evans
Publisher : Beach Path Publishing, LLC.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 829 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witches Anonymous Paranormal Romance Series Books 1-8 with bonus prequel written by Misty Evans and published by Beach Path Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2021-10-09 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic, witchery, and humor… This set includes ALL 8 stories in The Witches Anonymous Paranormal Romance Series! BONUS prequel included! Join Amy and Lucifer on their journey from enemies to wedding bells. Can a bad witch go good in 13 steps? Not if Lucifer has his way with her!

Author : Aithne Jarretta
Publisher : Aithne Jarretta
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Concentric Circles written by Aithne Jarretta and published by Aithne Jarretta. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shayla Brinawell comes from a fragmented family line. In her world that spells disaster. The consequences of hidden magic can hurt when she least expects it. During a vacation in Glastonbury, her world is turned upside down and every which way. Witch way that is. Hyper drive doesn’t begin to explain the casting of events that shift her world. When she encounters Meekal Chilkwell, bloodline guardian of the Chalice Well, their worlds collide into fiery passion. Drawn to each other through deep chemistry, they must work together to stop a wicked sorcerer who is bent on destroying them and spreading wickedness. If he succeeds, the sacred waters of the Chalice Well will be changed from pure goodness into a magic fraught with darkness.